• Book Review: “Fashion Drawing: Illustration Techniques for Fashion Designers”

    Coming from someone who spends most of her waking hours drawing figures from catwalking.com and who has spent many of her primary school years locked in her room profusely drawing comic book characters at the time, I would have to say I genuinely like this book. It covers more than what I have found spread […]
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    Book Review: “Marketing Fashion”

    Marketing in the fashion industry can be a mixed blessing. But it’s a great way to move up the career ladder, meet your most favoured celebs while working with them on their new clothing line, and seeing how to best fit their offerings with the growing trends of a global market. Marketing fashion goes hand […]
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    Inspiration from Non-Fashion Films

    Sources of inspiration for fashion, style and the way we dress as individuals can come from absolutely anywhere: from things you see in a magazine to people who pass you by on the street. I’m setting out here a series on different places I get my inspiration from, starting today with films. There are so […]
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    • Sian
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    5 Fashion Portfolio Tips from Graduate Fashion Week 2011

    We got the chance to step through Graduate Fashion week’s front doors earlier this month. A whole range of works come from Universities globally as well as regionally. For example it was great to see strong work from Singapore’s Design College, La Salle Design School. Overall, the standard of work this year has definitely surpassed […]
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    Affordable Fashion on the High Street

    High fashion does not have to correlate to high prices. England’s high streets are lined with shops that offer affordable fashion ranging from up-to-the-minute trends to timeless classics that never go out of style. Where should you shop to get the most style for your money? 1. Next seems to be in every shopping centre […]
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    Boy Racer

    I have always thought of go-karting as a really cool and exciting hobby – for kids. But when I went to watch some indoor karting at a friend’s birthday party the other week, it felt decidedly PG. Read on for some hot race action! Well, sort of. Plus some fashion stuff. The bash was at […]
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    • Natalie Gowans
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    StaceyLoves… Vintage Treasures

    I’ll admit it, I’m not ashamed to say it… I LOVE vintage! I love rummaging around messy stalls and stuffy charity shops, I love having to be careful with certain items because they’ve been so well loved they are now fragile, and I love knowing that my latest find is unlikely to appear on every […]
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    Plus Size Fashion: Is Big Really Beautiful?

    Plus size fashion is an ever growing industry, this is a trend that is strengthened by plus size celebrities that are currently in the media spotlight. In recent years plus size women have taken their fashion inspiration from icons such as the singer Beth Ditto and actress Amber Riley. Many shops now offer a plus […]
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    • Susan
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    Giveaway: Win a Retro Pink Timex Watch

    Competition closed. Congratulations to the winner, Keiron Sear! Retro has been the love of the last few years and the trend is still going strong! You can’t be cool without a retro item these days. So to help you maintain the retro swag, we have have partnered up with Farfetch.com who have kindly sponsored a classic […]
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